Tent-pin extractor



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H. M. HYDE.

TENT PIN EXTRAGTOR.

No. 373,663. Patented Nov. 22, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT rEicE.

HENRY MORTIMER HYDE, OF PRINCETON, ILLINOIS.

TENT-PIN EXTRACTOR.

SPECIEISATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 373,663,:1ated November22, 1887.

Application filed April 10, 1857. Serial No. 235.357.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, HENRY MORTIMER HYDE, of Princeton, in the county ofBureau and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved TentPinExtractor, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an extractor for tent-pins, and has for itsobject to provide a device whereby a tent-pin may be drawn from theground when driven so hard as to render it impossible to do so by hand.

The invention consists in a rectangular boxlike frame adapted to engagea tentpeg, having its forward end beveled, and a detachable connectionbetween said frame and the handle of a mullet, as will be hereinafterfully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which'- Figure l of the drawings represents aperspective view of the device as applied. Fig. 2 is a perspectivedetail view of the clampingframe.

Heretofore when a tentpin could not be withdrawn by hand it has been thepractice to strike the same upon the sides until loosened, whereby manypegs are broken off in the ground and much delay necessitated instriking tents; and to overcome these annoyances is the object of thepresent invention.

To that end a rectangular box like frame, A, is provided, having itsfront and rear ends inclined upon substantially the same angle to therearward from the top, and the sides perpendicular. A rod, B, isattached to the rear of said frame by means of an eye, b,in the end ofthe rod being passed through an aperture, a, in the frame, as shown, orin any other approved manner, whereby a slight play is allowed. Theother end of the rod B is also provided with an eye, Z), through whichconnection is had with a link, D, the said link being made more or lesscurved, the concave surface being the under surface, and at the point ofconnection of the link D with the rod B the said link is contracted, asat (Z. In connection with the said device a mallet, E, or

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pins, is employed, the outer end of the handle i 6 being preferably madeof reduced diameter, as at e.

In operation the frame A is slid over the tent-pin H, and the lower edgeof the inclined forward end brought in contact with the surface of saidpin between the ground and the notch usually provided in tent-pins. Themallet is then placed upon the ground. handle up, in a substantiallyperpendicular position,and the link D may be thereupon slipped over thereduced end 6 of the said mallet-handle, which handle is grasped withthe hand and drawn toward the operator, the frame A being thereby drawnheavily against the tent pin, extracting it from the ground in goodcondition, the mallet acting as a fulcrum.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An extractor for tcntpins, consisting of the rectangular box-likeframe A, having a rearwardly-inclined forward end and perpendicularside, a rod, B, hinged to said frame at the rear, and a link, D, hingedto said rod, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination, with the rectangular frame 5, having an inclinedforward end, a rod, B, hinged to the rear end of said frame, and acurved link, D, hinged to said rod, of a mallet, E, having the handleadapted to receive said link, substantially as shown and described, andfor the purposes herein set forth.

3. The combination, with the rectangular box-like frame A, havinginclined front and rear ends and perpendicular sides, a rod, B, hingedto the rear end of said frame, and a curved link, D, having a contractedend, d, hinged to said rod, of a mallet, E, provided with a handlehaving a reduced outer end, e, adapted to receive said link,substantially as shown and described, and for the purposes herein setforth.

HEN RY MORTIMER HYDE.

\Vitnesses:

HENRY Jnnoit HYDE, H. B. PETERSON.

